Naruto: Imitation Ninja

Although they had seen Xing Liu use these techniques before, witnessing them again now still left them somewhat astonished.

They had already investigated the records of the Uchiha clan in the village but found no mention of anyone named Xing Liu.

Moreover, Xing Liu had appeared in their lives seemingly out of nowhere, which only deepened their curiosity about his mysterious origins.

"Alright, I've already subdued the Nine-Tails. Now, all that's left is for the container to seal the Nine-Tails to get into position." As he spoke, Xing Liu's gaze fell upon Minato and the infant Naruto in Kushina's arms.

Hearing Xing Liu's words, Minato nodded solemnly. He carefully placed Naruto, who was in Kushina's arms, onto the ritual altar and then lay down beside him.

"Now then, let the ritual officially begin."

Xing Liu walked over to the two, bit his finger, and used the blood to draw a peculiar pattern on both their bodies.

"Phew, all preparations are complete."

With everything ready, the only thing left was to use that technique.

Although this technique was originally performed by Minato in the canon, Xing Liu decided to "borrow" it temporarily.

"Eight Trigrams Seal!"

Xing Liu formed several seals in a showy manner, and a magical array appeared beneath Minato, Naruto, and the Nine-Tails.

After a brief moment, the array caused the Nine-Tails to split into two orbs of light, one golden and one red, which then entered Minato and Naruto's bodies.

"Phew~ It seems the process was successful."

Looking at the two lying on the altar, Xing Liu confirmed that they were fine, apart from a brief period of unconsciousness.

"Xing Liu, did it work?"

Kushina, standing nearby, looked anxiously at the two most important people in her life.

"Of course it worked! This wasn't exactly a difficult sealing technique. Minato-sama will wake up soon. However, little Naruto might..." Xing Liu deliberately trailed off, stroking his chin as if in thought.

"What about Naruto? Did something go wrong?"

Kushina immediately panicked at Xing Liu's serious expression.

The tiny baby boy, her precious treasure born not long ago, was her everything. If anything happened to him, how could she or Minato go on living?

"Whoa, whoa, whoa... I didn't say that! I was just saying that baby Naruto might sleep a little longer, that's all."

Seeing tears well up in Kushina's eyes, Xing Liu became more flustered than her.

He had only intended to lighten the mood with a bit of humor but hadn't anticipated making things worse.

"You said what?!"

Realizing she had been tricked, Kushina's surroundings filled with a crimson aura as she began advancing toward Xing Liu.

With each step she took, tiny cracks appeared on the ground beneath her feet.

"Sigh, if you're going to provoke someone, why her?" The Third Hokage, watching from a distance, wisely stepped aside, deciding not to involve himself in the unfolding drama.

"Kushina? Big Sister Kushina? Kushina-mama?! Please calm down! I was just trying to liven the mood! I swear I wasn't trying to mess with you..."

Unlike Kushina, who was steadily advancing, Xing Liu took two steps back for every step she took forward.

Faced with the woman nicknamed "Little Pepper," Xing Liu was thoroughly frightened by the overwhelming aura emanating from her.

"Enough talk!"

Kushina, ignoring his surrender, smiled chillingly and quickened her pace toward Xing Liu.

"Little Xing Liu~ Why don't you be a good boy and come to Big Sister? I just want to slightly teach you a lesson for playing tricks on me. My fists are very gentle, you know?"

Kushina's tone was sweet, but the sinister smile on her face resembled that of a villain luring a child into a trap.

Thud.

Xing Liu's retreat was abruptly halted by a stone wall behind him.

With no escape, if Xing Liu couldn't come up with a solution, he was about to receive a very "warm" physical reprimand from Kushina.

"Waah, waah..."

At that moment, the cries of baby Naruto broke the tense atmosphere.

"Phew..."

To Xing Liu, Naruto's cries were like heavenly music. As long as the baby was awake, Kushina's attention would shift away from him.

As expected, upon hearing her son's cries, the crimson aura surrounding Kushina dissipated, and she reverted to the gentle mother they all knew.

Her earlier anger at Xing Liu was now completely forgotten.

"Mmm..."

Not long after Kushina soothed Naruto, Minato also woke up.

"Did we succeed?"

Minato, rubbing his eyes, looked at the group now focused on him.

"It seems we did."

Feeling an unfamiliar energy within his dantian, Minato was confident the sealing had been successful.

Looking at the somewhat familiar pattern on his body, Minato suddenly felt a little unhappy in his heart, as if there was something that should have belonged to him but was suddenly stolen by someone else.

After seeing that Minato had woken up, Xing Liu suddenly felt that his waist and legs were no longer sore, and he didn't seem to care much about the little "little pepper".

So, under Kushina's murderous gaze, he walked to where the family of three was.

He first checked the patterns on Minato and Naruto before he started teasing them.

"Minato-sama, are you awake?"

For some reason, when Minato saw Xing Liu beside him, he had the urge to beat him up, but the other party was obviously the savior of their family, so why did he suddenly have such an idea?

"Minato-sama?"

After seeing the intriguing look suddenly revealed by the couple in front of him, Xing Liu became a little panicked again. It seemed that he had not done anything to make others dislike him, right?

"nothing."

Minato also realized that his eyes were a little fierce when he looked at Xing Liu, so he quickly changed his face to a smile and said to him: "This time, it is really thanks to you. If it weren't for you, we would not have such a good solution."

Not sure if it was his illusion, but Xing Liu felt that there seemed to be a little more to Minato's words.

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